1793 1/2 C VF25 NGC. C-1, B-1, R.3. Both Roger Cohen and
Walter Breen assigned variety number one to this die marriage,
correctly identifying it as the first of four 1793 half cent
varieties coined at the Philadelphia Mint. Many type collectors
seek only first year of issue coins, and it is important, wherever
possible, for those collectors to also seek the first variety of
the first year. In this case, it is also the first variety of the
denomination.